Stocking finishing and stripping machine.



PATENT-ED JUNE 30, 1908.

In Ifl-VOGEL. STOCKING FINISHING AND .STRIPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 28, 1902.

UNITED STATE$ PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL F. VOGEL, OF ST. LOUIS,

MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE BUR- SON KNITTINGCOMPANY, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

STOCKING FINISHING AND STRIPPING MACHINE.

Specification 0! Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application filed May 28, 1992. Serial No. 109,383.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL F. VOGEL, citizen of the United States,residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Stocking Finishing and StrippingMachines, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accom anying drawings.

y invention relates to machines for finishing stockings and consists ina mechanism to be used in connection with a singeing machine for thepurpose of cleaning the singed particles from the goods of stz'ipiingthe stockings from the boards upon which they are stretched and ofconveying the boards back to the front of the singeing niachines, all ofwhich will be hereinafter fully described.

The details of my device will be more fully understood by reference tothe accompanyin drawings, in which:

Figure 1 represents a plan view of the machine embodying my inventionwith the. dust guard oruppcrc'asing removed. Fig. l illustrates avertical section of the same taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3shows a diagrammatic view of my device as applied-to a singeing machine.

Referring to the letters indicating the several parts, A, represents theframe of the machine provided with bcarings D and B, for the receptionof the first set of'fecd rolls 0 and C. The roll (1 has a projectingshaft (1 which carries fast and loose driving pulleys and C. At the rearof the machine are rolls D and D, cmistituting the second set of feedrolls, which ,are mounted in bearings in and E and which are driven fromthe shaft C by means of spur wheels F, Fand F Both sets of rolls arecaused to turn in unison by means of inter-meshing pinions G, i and II,If, the first set of pnnons being arranged respectively upon the shaftsof the rolls 0 and C and thosecond pair being in a similar manneroperativcly connected to the rolls l) and .l). Bctwccn'thc iirst andsecond pairs of feed rolls are placed blastpipes I and I, which have amultiplicity of small openings or jets i and t" arranged adjacent to thepath of travel of the material which is being fed from one set of rollsto the other.

The stockings J, which are to be treated for the urpose of'removingadhering particlcs of ust and dirt incident to the singeing process, aremounted on boards K, which are out in the shape of the stockings asshown in Fig. 1.

At the rear of the second set of feed rolls is a table L, which may beof suflicient incline to cause the boards K after passing the second setof rolls to slide downward and pass between the rolls D and D butIprefer to use in this connection as a more. positive feed a conveycr M,which consists of a belt passing over the table and around rollers l)and 1). It is obvious with this arrangement that the boards after)assirn between the rolls 1) and D will travei aider by the conveyor M,between rolls D and D", and it will also be understood that in place ofthe train of rolls as indicated that is the rolls D, D and l) a train oifour rolls may be employed in order to lower the path of return andprovide as will presently be seen more space for the strip ing brushes.'lhestripping brushes as indicated at N and N are arranged directlyforward of the rolls D and D and are mounted res )ectively upon shaftsn. and n which have )earings in the frame A. strip )ing brushes aregeared together by s )ur wheels 0 and O and motion is impartm to them bymeans of a bolt pulley l The boards after passing between the brushesare released from the action of the rolls I) and l)" and forwarded bythe rolls l)" and l) which pass the to the conveyor S. The roll I)"isdrivcn from the shaft of the roll I), by means of a belt I)" engagingpulleys D" and .l)" the former being mounted on the shaft of the roll Dand the latter secured to the shaft of the roll I). The rolls 1) and l)are driven in unison by means of gear whccls D" and 1.).

Below the stripping brushes is )laced a basket Q to receive thestockings aitcr they have been removed from the boards by the rotarymotion of said brushes.

In Fig. 3 l have illustrated in diagram a view of my device as adaptedto a singcing machine and a brief descriptimi will serve to show theseveral elements of such a device.

Referring to Fig. 3 T and '1 represent the feed rolls of the singcingmachine, U is a supporting rod V and V are gas. burners for singeing thestockings as they )SLSS through and O and C are feed rolls which conveythe stockings to the air blast and constitute the first set of feedrolls of the device forming the subject matter of my invention. In orderto The r carry the dust and dirt away from the mahood extends a pipe Wto convey the dust to a convenient pomt of exit.

Having described my invention What I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is: j

1. An attachment for singeing machines comprising feed rolls, air pipesand stripping brushes arranged to coact therewith, the articles tobe-treated being mounted upon supports, from which they may be strippedby said brushes.

2. An attachment for singeing machines com rising feed rolls, air pipesand stri ping brus es arranged to coact therewith, t 1e 'articles to betreated being mounted upon supports from which they may be stripped bysaid brushes, and a conveyer leading. from said rolls to said-brushes.

3. A finishing machine comprising feed rolls, air pipes located so as tocoact therewith and provided with jets, a second set of feed rolls,stripping brushes and a conveying means extending from the last namedrolls to said brushes the articles to be treated being mounted onsupports so as to be acted upon by said brushes.

4. A machine of the type set forth com prising a pair of feed rolls,perforated air pipes arranged in juxtaposition thereto, a second pair offeed rolls rotated oppositely to the first named pair, and located belowa horizontal lane projected between the first named fee rolls, strippingbrushes arranged in juxtaposition tot and an endless belt or conveyeroperating between the second air of feed rolls, the'articles to betreated being mounted on supports from which they may be stripped.

5. A machine of the type set forth compris ing two feed rolls at oneside of the machine,

.binati on with e second pair of rolls,

air

pipes arranged in uxtaposition'to the first named rolls and the uppertwo of the last named rolls, a second set of rolls ar ranged beneathsaid first named set and working in conjunction with the lower two ofthe last named rolls, a conveyer extending between the last named rolls,and stripping brushes arranged ih alinement with said conveyer, thearticles to be treated being mounted on supports so that they may bestripped from said supports. a

6. A finishing machine comprising in combination feed rolls, and striplng brushes arranged to coact therewith, tie articles to be treatedbeing mounted on supports so that the articles may be stripped from thesupports by said brushes.

7. A finishing machine comprising in comthe feed rolls, a conveyer, andstripping brushes the articles to be treated being mounted on supportsso that the articles may be acted upon by said stripping brushes.

8. A finishing machine comprising in combination with a conveying means,stripping brushes and air pi es arranged above said brushes, said brus'res and pipes coacting with said conveying means the articles to betreated being mounted on supports so as to be stripped by said brushesfrom the supports.

9. The combination with the air supplying means, of stripping brushes,means for conveying the stockings so as to be successively o erated uponby the air and brushes,

the stoc ings being mounted on supports so as to be acted upon by saidbrushes.

In testimony whereof I affix my signatur e in the presence of twowitnesses.

PAUL F.'VOGEL.

Witnesses:

CHAS. J. OHERMEYER, CHARLES H. WALTON.

